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Mycologia 



drops; perithecia cespitose in dense clusters with the clusters 

 often becoming confluent and covering the most of the exposed 

 surface of the substratum; individual perithecia nearly globose 

 with a minute papilliform ostiolum, smooth or nearly so, 250 

 mic. in diameter, at first flesh-colored to orange, fading in drying 

 to pale yellow or whitish ; asci clavate, 40-50 mic. long, 8-spored ; 

 spores mostly 2-seriate or irregularly crowded, hyaline, i-septate, a 

 little constricted at the septum, 10-14 X 3—3.5 mic. (pi. 13, f. 5~7). 



On partially decayed seeds of skunk cabbage, Spathyema 

 foetida and also on seeds of cultivated beans which are partially 

 decayed. 



Type locality: New York City. 



Distribution : Known only from type locality. 



Illustrations : Mycologia 1 : pi. 2, f. 5-9. 



Specimens examined: New York, Seaver (type). 



The perithecial and spore characters of this species are identical 

 with those of the preceding with which specimens were carefully 

 compared before describing the species originally. Since de- 

 scribing the present species other information gained in the field 

 has suggested that possibly the two are identical. Attempts to 

 prove the identity of the two species by culture have failed. 



14. Creonectria gramnicospora (Ferd. &Wge.) 

 Nectria grammicospora Ferd. & Wge. Bot. Tidsskrift 29: 11. 

 1908. 



Stromata pulvinate, erumpent ; perithecia cespitose, clusters 

 variable in size ; individual perithecia subglobose, 300-350 X 

 200-250 mic. in diameter, fleshy-membranaceous, pallid-ochrace- 

 ous, slightly white furfuraceous near the base ; asci clavate, above 

 truncate, subsessile, 35-60X8.5-10 mic, 8-spored; spores 2- 

 seriate above, i-seriate below, ellipsoid, slightly unequal-sided, 

 12-14 X 5 m i c - 



On bark of branches. 



Type locality: Island of St. Thomas. 



Distribution : Known only from type locality. 



Illustrations : Bot. Tidssk. 29 : pi. 1, f. 3. 



Specimens examined: St. Thomas, Raunkier 3103 (cotype). 



Similar in general appearance to the two preceding species but 

 spores larger with some differences in size of perithecia and other 

 gross characters. 



